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Wide-mesh Sea Fan

Gorgonia mariae

Classification

Gorgonia mariae, commonly known as the wide-mesh sea fan, is a species of sea fan, a sessile colonial soft coral in the family Gorgoniidae. It occurs in the tropical western Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea at depths down to about 50 m (160 ft). Description G.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
United Kingdom · 15Netherlands · 8France · 3Mexico · 2Cuba · 1United States of America · 1